Rank Inflation

 

Speaking before a group of new faculty members at a large state university, a dean reviewed the basics of higher-education terminology: "academic freedom," "tenure," and the various academic ranks. As he broke down the general expectations for each rank, one observation about associate professor stood out: "Associate professor is the normal terminal rank for most tenured faculty Louis Vuitton Amazon members. Full professor is generally reserved for only a few persons who serve or publish with particular distinction."

One of the attendees asked, "So most of us can only achieve one promotion for the entirety of our careers? I just assumed that everyone would achieve full professor at some point."

The dean said, "I'm sure that most faculty members view full professor as something of an entitlement, with associate professor marking the passage to tenure and full professor being sort of the finish line: After it is earned, the chase after titles is complete. The reality is, however, that while rank inflation has occurred at many institutions, on our campus, associate professor is more commonly the appropriate terminal rank."

Do you think that the rank of full professor should be "reserved for only a few persons"? Does your institution follow such a reservation, or do you sense that some "rank inflation" has occurred?

I know we differ greatly from a large university, but at my commmunity college we have four ranks: instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, and full professor. Full professorship is reserved for perhaps 5-10% of all faculty based on earning a terminal degree, length of college service as well as college contributions. This means that faculty unable to meet the criteria for full professor can still earn two promotions through the course of their careers.

It seems to me that rank inflation came about in the Chanel White Stark eighties at my institution when the initial rank of 'Instructor' was dropped and faculty were initially hired as Assitant Professors. Those of us hired in the seventies were hired as 'Instructors'.
Therefore, I had to achieve three promotions rather than two in order to finally reach full Professor.

I join goodmank in part and in judgement but I think this started before the 80s and that there was a second, well another part of a related factor envolved.

Hiring new faculty with terminal degrees in their respective fields at the rank of assistant professor, skipping instructor, actually started at research universities in the late fiftes or early to mid 60s, some variation by region and tier of institution. Part of it was that with enrollments and institutions expanding, the demand exceeded the supply, so new faculty could negotiate for the higher rank start, and eventually didn't have to. Related to this demand and expansion was the rather quick rise from assistant professor to associate and then to professor. One typically did not remain an associate professor very long. It was much easier to move back then and promotions were offerred rather more quickly than they normally are now.

Now we dont know where this large state university of the original queror is nor whether it is a flagship or a frigate. But if my indication of timing of this is A line Applique Satin Lace Wedding Dresscorrect, this dean is either getting long in the tooth to femember when things were as he characterizes them, or else he sees that the deck is weighted in the institution's favor and wants it to be[come?] as he characterizes it. And it is of course possible that that's the way it's always been at queror's particular "large state university". After all, promotion from associate professor to professor is a promotion they don't have to make to keep most people.

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